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GAME APPARATUS.

No. 459,929. lz atented. Sept. 22, 1891.

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JOSEF FIOHTNER, OF MILWVAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUISR. LORENZ, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,929, datedSeptember 22, 1891.

Application filed April 3, 1891. Serial No. 387,504. (No model.)

T to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEF FICHTNER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and

in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

[0 My invention consists of a diagram representative of a race-trackdivided at intervals by arbitrarily-designated transverse lines, aseries of movable objects, preferably horseshaped, and suitablemeanssuch as dice or r5 ateetotum-for determining the movement of theobjects on the track, as will be hereinafter more fully described withreference to the accompanying drawing, and subsequently claimed.

The drawing represents a plan view of a base having delineated thereon adiagram representing a race-track divided by lines at certain intervals,and projected on the base are horse-shaped objects, a cup, and threedice.

Referring by letter to the drawing, A represents a basesuc h, forinstance, as a board in hinged sections that fold one upon the otherwhen the game is not in use to economize space, a hinge being shown indotted 50 lines at the dividing line 1) between said sections. Drawn,printed, or otherwise delineated on the base is a diagram representinga. race-track, preferably divided midway of its width throughout itslength by a line 0, the

5 inner longitudinal division of the track being transversely divided atregular intervals by lines (1, and the outer longitudinal division ofsaid track is for some portions thereof also transversely divided atcertain intervals by lines 6, these latter lines being twice as farapart as those aforesaid; or, in other words, certain of the lines dalternately cross the longitudinal line 0 and extend a certain distanceoutward from the latter. By the arrangement of the transverse lines asabove described I economize in the matter of space in laying out thediagram to present said lines, the latter being numbered, consecutively,from 3 to 100.

Horse-shaped objects B, preferably nu mbered in serial order, are movedalong the track from start to finish in accordance with certain rules,and the moves are determined by the throwing of three dice C from a cupD, the sum of the spots on the upper faces of the dice being counted.

The players inthe game need not be necessarily restricted to any numbermore than two, and each player throws the dice in turn, one throw and amovement ofthe horse-shaped 6o object corresponding in number to that ofsaid player constituting a play.

The order of the players is determined by throwing the dice, the onehaving the highest throw being the first player. After the order ofplaying has been determined the first player throws the dice todetermine his first move. Assuming that the throw of the dice by thefirst player counts nine he places the horseshaped object marked 1across the line marked 9 on the track. Each of the succeeding playersthrows the dice and places his respective horse-shaped object on theline corresponding to the sum of his throw. Each player having had histurn, the first player throws the dice again and moves his horse as farforward as the sum of the throw will admit, and thus the game iscontinued. The player whose horse first covers line No. ,100 on thetrack is generally the winner; but should the sum of So his last throwof the dice be greater than is necessary to place his horse on said linethe difference is given to the player of the rear horse, and thus thelatter player has a chance to save his distance or to run ahead of allbut the leading horse at the finish, it being possible for the leadingand rear horse to run a dead heat.

While dice have been described as the preferable means fordeterminiirgthe moves of the players in a game, a teetotum may be emplayed for thesame purpose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A game apparatus consisting of a representation of a race-track dividedmidway of its width by a longitudinal line and subdivided at regularintervals by transverse lines alternately varied as tolength alongportions of the track, the transverse lines on one side of thelongitudinal line being designated by terms of an arithmeticalprogression and In testimony that I claim the foregoing I to those onthe other side of said longitudinal have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, lino designated by numbers that fall between in the oonn tyof Milwaukee and State of Visthe terms of said progression,Whereby agreat cousin, in the presence of two witnesses. n umberof moves may bemade on a comparatively short track, a series of movable 0b- JObBFFICHTNER jeots, and suitable means for determining the \Vitnesses:

movement of these objects on the track, sub N. E. OLIPHANT,

stantially as set forth. \VM. KLUG.

